| 02 March 2011
One of the important functions of exercise is to help create balance in the body. You do this by exercise your body in a way opposite to how you use it during the day. If you spend all day sitting down driving or in front of a computer you habitually use the same muscles in the same ways creating muscle imbalance, poor posture and aches and pains. This one minute exercise is ideal for working out those muscles and joints that rarely get used while sitting...
| 01 February 2011
Let’s face it. We all know that we need to exercise to keep healthy and to stay in shape but the sad fact is that a lot of us don’t exercise regularly or at all. The excuses range from, “ I just don’t like exercise,” or “I’m not an exercise person”, The most common excuse by far that represents the dilemma facing so many of us today is ....“I just don’t have the time.”
Well-meaning governments throughout the world have been recommending that we need to do 30 min of mild to moderate exercise per day. Unfortunately this recommendation is more a stab in the dark rather than being based on much science. More and more research is now showing that it’s not how much or how long you exercise it’s the intensity of your exercise that’s important...
| 08 September 2010
Like many people my work often involves travel and working away from home. It is hard enough to stay in shape when you are at home let alone when your schedule changes when you work on the road. So here's some tips on how to keep up with your exercise program and staying motivated when you are on the road...
| 18 May 2010
When we exercise by ourselves there is often the tendency or temptation to cut a few corners or not train with the intensity that will give me the best results for effort but there are many ways to make exercise more interesting, motivating and more enjoyable. Here's just a couple of ways...
| 18 May 2010
Running a marathon without stopping has been one of my goals for the last 20 years. Whenever I participated in goal setting workshops or when I sat down thinking of all the things that I would love to do in my life, running a marathon was always written down. But it was always assigned to the “some day” category. This is my true account of the journey of training and actually running the marathon... an experience that tested me like no other...
| 28 April 2010
When your time is limited as is generally the case with most working families today, you want to ensure that your time spent on exercising is going to give you the best reward for effort. Unfortunately, large numbers of people consider their walks as exercise but more research is showing why walking as a form of exercise is a waste of time.
| 05 February 2010
A controversial new study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology is raising eyebrows amongst the scientific community and triggering a typical sensationalized reaction from the media. The study, lead by James Timmons, evaluated the fitness improvements in around 600 volunteers who were cycling at a moderate intensity for 30 minutes a day.
| 29 January 2010
When you collapse into your chair or your bed and you let out this tired sigh, it is your body innately trying to get more oxygen by taking a deeper breath. If you are regularly feeling tired, it may mean that you need to train yourself to breathe deeper...
| 11 December 2009
You have just started on a fitness kick and you wake up one morning with what seems to be a really bad cold. You are coughing and sneezing, and it is hard to breathe.
Should you work out? And if you do, should you push yourself as hard as ever or take it easy? Will exercise have no effect, or make you feel better or worse?...
| 13 October 2009
A refreshing cooling breeze and some late afternoon cloud cover over Mooloolaba beach provided an ideal climate and location for exercise. Judging by the numbers of people on the beach in their exercise gear, I wasn’t alone in thinking it was the perfect time for exercise.
As I began my run I soon realized that over 95% of people who thought they were exercising on the beach were not actually exercising. Technically they were moving (they were walking) but to me exercising is when you engage in physical activity with enough intensity and for long enough so that it improves your physical fitness.
| 01 July 2009
I know that it sounds like a claim from a late night infomercial but I guarantee that I have no pills, shakes, potions or machines to sell you. What I do have is the latest research results that highlight the ineffectiveness of many forms of exercise...
